October 26, 2006
12:00 PM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2006-50

Hubble's Latest Views of Light Echo from Star V838 Monocerotis

October 26, 2006: These are the most recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of an unusual phenomenon
in space called a light echo. Light from a star that erupted nearly five years ago continues
propagating outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star. The light reflects or
"echoes" off the dust and then travels to Earth.